Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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Troy
by Adele Geras
Ages: 12+
Published: 2001
Publisher: Harcourt
ISBN: 0-15-216492-8
Keywords: Greek, Mythology
War-weary Troy in the last weeks of the siege is observed by two orphan sisters under Hector's protection. Enthralling.